Prices do seem to be all other the place with Merlin by far the cheapest for Shimano at the moment.
I wonder how long it will be before they put theirs up to match the likes of CRC and Wiggle?

Considering that they the strength of the yen has increased by 24%,I am wondering how prices on that chainset have increased by over 60%?As you say some items seem to have almost doubled,since last year such as XT cassettes.The prices seem to have hit XT stuff the hardest.

I wonder if Shimano are using the currency angle and manufacturing costs as a smokescreen,to bring their prices up to SRAM levels.

On some road bike websites,I have noiced that in some cases it maybe chepaer to go for Campag.......

Nobody`s going to be choosing Shimano as the default choice anymore just because its cheaper.

I may well get SRAM X9 shifters and mech next time,seeing as XT and X9 are now on a level playing field price wise.